Fractions

Over the last few weeks in Mathematics we have been busy learning all about fractions! We have learnt how to identify numerators and denominators, compare and order fractions, find equivalent fractions, express fractions in their simplest form, find the lowest common denominator and how to add and subtract fractions.

During our class discussions, we have really enjoyed connecting our fractions learning to real-life experiences. We have talked about the importance of fractions in our daily lives, such as cutting a cake or pizza into fractions! We have played some fun games together in our groups, such as fractions bingo and completed multiple fractions challenges.

Mrs Szczepanik and Miss Atterton have been so impressed with our persistence and determination to master fractions! We are excited to move onto our next Mathematics focus, which will be area.

Assembly

This morning our class hosted the Senior Assembly with Room 19. Our assembly was all about Poetry and we took an exciting trip to Poetry Land. We performed 3 short plays which were really funny! We had a great time performing and used brilliant expression. Mrs S and Miss Atterton are so proud of us and can’t believe we could remember all of those poems off by heart! Thank you to all our parents for helping us with our costumes and getting us to school earlier. We hope you enjoyed our assembly as much as we did.

Not only did we do a brilliant job reciting our poems, but our class also took out the Literacy Pro award for having the highest quiz pass rate. We have been working so hard on reading books at our level and understanding what they mean. It is great to see all our hard work paying off!

Huge congratulations must go to Jonathan for winning the Science Award and Samantha for winning the Values Award. We are all very proud of you. Layla, Blayd, Sohail and Calvin also received Merit Certificates which are very well deserved, so well done to you all.

Our Science Award winner! Well done Jonathan!

Our Merit Award winners!

Literacy Pro Certificate winners!

Values Award winner. Well done Sam!

Congratulations on winning the Literacy Pro trophy Room 16!

Science - Fossil Fuels

Last week in Science, Miss Atterton taught us about Fossil Fuels and how important they are to our survival. There are three types of Fossil Fuels which are coal, oil and natural gas. Without these we wouldn't have heating and cooling which is vital to our survival and health.

Mining and extracting these fossil Fuels from the Earth can have devastating effects to nature. We got to mine for coal using chocolate chip biscuits. The chocolate chips were the coal and the biscuits were the Earth. We had to extract the chocolate chips out of the biscuit using tooth picks and then examine the biscuit without the choc chips in it. It was very interesting to see what mining for coal can do to the Earth.

Science fossil fuels from carisheppener

Our Assembly

Dear Parents,

Our class is hosting an assembly, which will be held Friday 18^th of August at 8:45am. Please ensure your child is at their class dressed in their costume at 8:20am that morning. We will be performing an item based on our love of poetry.  

Your child needs to come dressed up according to the play they are in.

My Brother On His Birthday - Party dresses with hair down so we can put party hats on our heads.

My Mother Does My Homework - Jeans, a shirt and enclosed shoes.

The World’s Biggest Burp - Jeans, a blue shirt and enclosed shoes.

Please ensure these costumes are easy to move around in! We will be checking costumes on Wednesday, 16^th August, so please ensure these are brought to school for this day.

Children are to bring their school uniform in their school bag to change into after the assembly.

Your child will be bringing home a copy of their lines each night to rehearse, along with a link to the song and lyrics. Thank you for ongoing support and we are looking forward to seeing you all there!

Kind regards

Mrs Caris Szczepanik and Miss Atterton

Volume and Capacity

Over the past few weeks our focus in Mathematics has been volume and capacity. We have learned that volume is the amount of liquid actually in the container and capacity is how much the container can hold when completely full. We have had so much fun using water and different containers to measure the volume and capacity!

Miss Atterton taught us that if we pour the same amount of liquid into a container with greater width, the water level will appear less. If we pour the same amount of liquid into a container that has a smaller width, the water level will appear higher. How cool is that!